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In this madcap Israeli satire, a clueless plumber somehow finds himself elevated to the position of Minister of Finance for the whole country. Because he is inexperienced in politics, he takes his brief seriously and fails to perpetuate the kinds of graft and greed that his predecessors were party to, puzzling everyone -- most of all the poor plumber himself, who cannot comprehend the kinds of political depravity he is being invited to participate in. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi